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Athula H. Wikramanayake

University of Miami · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Paleontology
Research interest
Research interests include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Cancer-related gene regulation, and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology.
h-index
27
citations
2,661
works
72
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Evolution of promoter-proximal pausing enabled a new layer of transcription control
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Metformin derived carbon dots: Highly biocompatible fluorescent nanomaterials as mitochondrial targeting and blood-brain barrier penetrating biomarkers
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2021cited by 87position: middledoi
Gel-like carbon dots: A high-performance future photocatalyst
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2021cited by 43position: middledoi
Distinct Frizzled receptors independently mediate endomesoderm specification and primary archenteron invagination during gastrulation in Nematostella
Developmental Biology 2021cited by 18position: lastdoi
The nanoscale organization of the Wnt signaling integrator Dishevelled in the vegetal cortex domain of an egg and early embryo
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 16position: lastdoi
An early global role for Axin is required for correct patterning of the anterior-posterior axis in the sea urchin embryo
Development 2021cited by 13position: lastdoi
Distinct transcriptional regulation of Nanos2 in the germ line and soma by the Wnt and delta/notch pathways
Developmental Biology 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
Carbon Nitride Dots: A Selective Bioimaging Nanomaterial
Bioconjugate Chemistry 2018cited by 88position: middledoi
Inhibition of microRNA suppression of <i>Dishevelled</i> results in Wnt pathway-associated developmental defects in sea urchin
Development 2018cited by 14position: middledoi
Biocompatible and blood–brain barrier permeable carbon dots for inhibition of Aβ fibrillation and toxicity, and BACE1 activity
Nanoscale 2017cited by 77position: middledoi
A resorcinarene for inhibition of Aβ fibrillation
Chemical Science 2016cited by 51position: middledoi
Ontogenetic differences in localization of glutamine transporter ApGLNT1 in the pea aphid demonstrate that mechanisms of host/symbiont integration are not similar in the maternal versus embryonic bacteriome
EvoDevo 2016cited by 31position: middledoi
Differential Regulation of Disheveled in a Novel Vegetal Cortical Domain in Sea Urchin Eggs and Embryos: Implications for the Localized Activation of Canonical Wnt Signaling
PLoS ONE 2013cited by 59position: lastdoi

Grants

Conference: 2022 Meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Vancouver, Canada July 17-20, 2022)
NSF2231171$20,0002022–2023PIRePORTER
Meeting: The Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin XXIV, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 5-9, 2017
NSF1727158$10,0002017–2018PIRePORTER
IOS: Specification, Patterning and Evolution of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
NSF1257967$780,0002013–2019PIRePORTER
Evolution of embryonic polarity: The role of the Wnt signaling pathways
NSF0754323$427,5002007–2011PIRePORTER
Evolution of embryonic polarity: The role of the Wnt signaling pathways
NSF0720365$140,0002007–2007PIRePORTER
Specificaton and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
NSF0836793$8,1002007–2008PIRePORTER
Specificaton and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
NSF0446523$434,0202005–2008PIRePORTER
Specification and Patterning of the Animal-Vegetal Axis
NSF0110532$375,0002001–2005PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Roger M. Leblanc · University of Miami5 papers (2016–2021)Yiqun Zhou · Suzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital3 papers (2018–2021)Lingyu Wang · Guilin Medical University3 papers (2016–2021)Keenan J. Mintz · Georgia Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2021) · 2 papers (2018–2021)Hongyan Sun · City University of Hong Kong2 papers (2021–2021)Regina M. Graham · Nova Southeastern University2 papers (2018–2021)Steven Vanni · University of Miami2 papers (2018–2021)Chieh-fu Jeff Peng · University of Miami2 papers (2013–2021)Wei Wu · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University2 papers (2016–2017) · 2 papers (2018–2021)Brian Walters · University of Miami2 papers (2021–2021)Zhili Peng · Hunan University of Science and Technology2 papers (2017–2021) · 1 papers (2016–2016)Piumi Y. Liyanage · University of Miami1 papers (2018–2018) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Wei Wu · Weifang Medical University1 papers (2018–2018)Jeramiah J. Smith · University of Kentucky1 papers (2025–2025)Syed Aun Murtaza Zaidi · University of Delaware1 papers (2018–2018)Jia L. Song · Brown University1 papers (2018–2018)